NIMROD SCHIF
- GUEST ARTIST AND ILLUSTRATOR -
G'day folks,
Today, I interview my first guest from Israel.
Welcome, Nimrod ...
1. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT
YOURSELF AND YOUR ARTISTIC JOURNEY.
My name is Nimrod
Schiff, I am an artist and illustrator from Israel. My artistic journey began in a very
young age, of 6 years old.... Or maybe even earlier... It began with my need to
express my vast imagination. And I expressed it through drawings.
2. WERE YOU GOOD AT DRAWING AS
A KID?
It's hard for me to
testify, but others thought so. From a very young age, my drawings were
exhibited at various exhibitions throughout Tel Aviv.
3. WHEN AND HOW DID YOU BECOME
AN ARTIST?
Despite all this, only at nineteen I
began to see myself as an artist. But not in the traditional sense of the word.
I see myself as a storyteller that uses drawings, words and photos to tell his stories.
4. WHAT DO YOU ENJOY MOST
ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST?
I enjoy the escapism that my art
provides me. My reality is full of worries and concerns. And the reality that I
create in my drawings and stories allows me to disengage from everything.
Examine things from another point, laugh at them, or fantasize about other
possibilities.
(some are surrealistic).
5. WHAT IS THE HARDEST THING
ABOUT BEING AN ARTIST?
There are many good artists around the world today and as a
result the competition is greater than before. And because of this diversity it
is difficult to stand out and easy to disappear within the sea of creators.
6. DO YOU WORK FOR YOURSELF,
OTHERS OR BOTH?
I work for myself, occasionally I get paid jobs from
others.
7. WHAT WERE YOU IN A PAST
LIFE, BEFORE YOU BECAME AN ARTIST?
I do not believe in past life and know no other life except
the life of a creator and artist.
8. WHAT IS YOUR GREATEST
ACHIEVEMENT?
I haven't reached it yet.
10.
WHAT IS YOUR
FAVOURITE MEDIUM?
My favourite mediums are ... Twitter and WordPress blogs.
11.
WHAT INSPIRES YOU?
Lots of things just
about everything. I will list the five main things: my wife, things I
experience, TV series, books and comics.
12.
WHAT DO YOU PREFER
TO PAINT OR ILLUSTRATE?
Illustration. I feel
much freer when I illustrate.
13.
DO YOU HAVE ANY TIPS
FOR EMERGING ARTISTS?
Don't give up, keep
creating.
14.
DO YOU HAVE A
FAVOURITE PLACE TO WORK?
Because of my lifestyle I have no preferences. I can write
and draw anywhere and anytime in almost any situation.
WHO IS YOUR FAVOURITE ILLUSTRATOR?
Charles M. Schultz the
creator of peanuts, due to his way of expressing ideas and stories with very
simple illustrations. And Charles Adams the creator of the Adams family,
because of his original black humour.
15.
WHAT’S THE GREATEST
COMPLIMENT YOU EVER RECEIVED?
There was a time when I stopped
posting my duck illustrations. Someone from England contacted me via Twitter.
She told me how much she loved and missed my illustrations.
16.
WHAT WAS THE WORST
COMMENT YOU EVER RECEIVED?
In college, I had a teacher who made
me his target. During a whole semester, he preached to me that I could not draw
and I needed to find another job.
17.
WRITERS ARE
SOMETIMES INFLUENCED BY THINGS THAT HAPPEN IN THEIR OWN LIVES. ARE YOU?
Always.
18.
OTHER THAN DRAWING,
WHAT ELSE DO YOU LOVE?
Writing, I write Flash
fiction.
19.
WHAT WOULD YOU SAY
TO ALL WORLD LEADERS IF YOU HAD THE OPPORTUNITY?
Stop
thinking only about yourself or only about your own countries. Because of the
new global threats. Our world leaders should think globally and not from their
narrow point of view.
20.
WHAT ARE YOUR PLANS
FOR THE FUTURE?
I am
planning to create a graphic novel; I am currently in preparation stages of
this project.
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